Index to Locations Alaiedon TownshipLeek CemeteryAurelius TownshipGreenwoodCemeteryBell OakBell Oak CemeteryDansvilleFairview CemeteryHoltMaple Ridge CemeteryHoltPioneer CemeteryLansingUnknown locationLansingEvergreen CemeteryLansingMt. Hope CemeteryLansingNorth CemeteryLansingSt. Joseph CatholicCemeteryLansingState Capitol GroundsLeslieWoodlawn CemeteryLocke TownshipRowley CemeteryMasonMaple Grove CemeteryOkemosEast Lawn Memory GardensOkemosGlendale CemeteryOkemosRiverside CemeteryStockbridgeOaklawn CemeteryVevay TownshipHawley CemeteryWebbervilleAlchin Farm CemeteryWilliamstonSummit Cemetery
LeekCemetery
Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Shubael Hammond (1851-1906) — of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Junius town,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,July 29,1851.Democrat.Farmer;supervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1890-92, 1896-1900;InghamCounty Sheriff, 1901-04.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,December16, 1906 (age55 years, 140days).Interment at Leek Cemetery. | | Hiram Herman Hammond (1865-1963) — also known asH. H. Hammond — of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Okemos,InghamCounty, Mich.,May 28,1865.Democrat.Supervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1904-06.Died inInghamCounty, Mich.,1963(ageabout98 years).Interment at Leek Cemetery.
GreenwoodCemetery
Aurelius Township, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles J. Davis (1910-1968) — of Onondaga,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inEatonCounty, Mich.,December29, 1910.Republican.Farmer;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County2nd District, 1961-62; resigned 1962; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1962-68 (Ingham County 2ndDistrict 1962-64, 59th District 1965-68); died in office 1968.Baptist.Member,FarmBureau;Knightsof Pythias;PhiKappa Phi.DiedOctober1, 1968 (age57 years, 277days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Charles A. Davis and Mable (Jennings) Davis; married to CecilLenore Douglas. |
| | John Abbott Barnes (1827-1904) — also known asJohn A. Barnes — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cato,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1827.InghamCounty Treasurer, 1867-70;villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1870-71.Baptist.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,March23, 1904 (age76 years, 329days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Bell OakCemetery
Bell Oak, Ingham County, Michigan
FairviewCemetery
Dansville, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) — also known asD. L. Crossman — of Dansville,InghamCounty, Mich.; Williamston,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inCayugaCounty, N.Y.,November4, 1836.Republican.Postmaster;miller;banker;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1869; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1872;clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Michigan,1876.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Williamston,InghamCounty, Mich.,March 7,1901 (age64 years, 123days).Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview Cemetery.
Maple RidgeCemetery
Holt, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Benjamin Fay (1889-1963) — also known asJohn B. Fay — of Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,April14, 1889.Democrat.Supervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1917-22, 1932-57; defeated, 1930,1931; resigned 1957; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1926, 1946.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in Ingham MedicalHospital,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,February27, 1963 (age73 years, 319days).Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. | | Claude H. Menger (1890-1949) — of Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1890.Democrat.Supervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1922-24, 1925-29; defeated, 1929;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1942.Died in1949(ageabout59 years).Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. | | John B. Cook (1847-1910) — of Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,1847.Democrat.Lawyer;supervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1881-86.Died in Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.,October9, 1910 (ageabout 63years).Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. | | Claude D. Aldrich (1877-1937) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Lansing Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,January29, 1877.Democrat.Coaldealer; postmaster atEastLansing, Mich., 1914-23;farmer;supervisorof Lansing Township, Michigan, 1926-28; defeated, 1928(Independent), 1930 (Citizens), 1932 (Citizens).Died in1937(ageabout60 years).Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. | | Lyman W. Baker (1834-1904) — of Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.BornSeptember15, 1834.Republican. Postmaster atHolt,Mich., 1870-77;supervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1880-81; defeated, 1883, 1887, 1892.DiedApril12, 1904 (age69 years, 210days).Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. | | John George Arend (1827-1898) — also known asGeorge Arend — of Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inGermany,February4, 1827.Farmer;candidate forsupervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1879 (Republican), 1892(Prohibition).Germanancestry.Died in Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.,December28, 1898 (age71 years, 327days).Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. | | Leverett R. Chaddock (1824-1900) — of Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Alexander,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1824.Democrat.Physician;supervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1879-80; defeated, 1880.Died in Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.,November20, 1900 (age76 years, 105days).Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Dennis Bruce Chaddock and Lydia (Thompson) Chaddock; married1844 to MariaN. Freeman. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Arthur Garfield Wemple (1881-1938) — also known asArthur Wemple — of Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inOtsegoCounty, Mich.,June 20,1881.Republican. Candidate forsupervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1926.Methodist.Died in Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 7,1938 (age56 years, 352days).Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery.
PioneerCemetery
Holt, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Silas Henry Phillips (1841-1911) — also known asSilas H. Phillips — of Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,June 5,1841.Democrat.Supervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1886-91, 1898-1901;InghamCounty Treasurer, 1891-94.Died, fromasthmaandheartdisease, in Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 3,1911 (age70 years, 28days).Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Adelphia Caroline 'Dell' Ferguson and Lucy C.Wright. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
UnknownLocation
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Evelyn Atwood (1881-1968) — also known asEvelyn May Forman;Mrs. Orville E.Atwood —of Fremont,NewaygoCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Woodstock,McHenryCounty, Ill.,May 30,1881.Republican.Corsetiere;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1944.Female.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October17, 1968 (age87 years, 140days).Interment somewhere.
EvergreenCemetery
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Leland Walker Carr (1883-1969) — also known asLeland W. Carr — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inLivingstonCounty, Mich.,September29, 1883.Republican.Schoolprincipal;superintendentof schools;lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1921-45; appointed 1921;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1945-63; appointed 1945;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1947, 1955, 1962-63.Methodist.DiedMay 30,1969 (age85 years, 243days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. |  | Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) — also known asCharles E. Chamberlain;"The AutomobileHorn of Congress" —of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Locke Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 22,1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Kiwanis;Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, ofrenalfailure andcongestiveheart failure, in Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,November25, 2002 (age85 years, 126days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Alfred H. Doughty (1881-1943) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1881.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1923-27; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1936,1938, 1941.DiedDecember9, 1943 (ageabout 62years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Thomas T. O'Brien (1871-1940) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1871.Candidate formayorof Lansing, Mich., 1938.DiedDecember29, 1940 (ageabout 69years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Charles M. Ziegler (1888-1959) — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inNobleCounty, Ind.,May 23,1888.Republican.Civilengineer;Michiganstate highway commissioner, 1943-57; defeated, 1937.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Rotary.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March 1,1959 (age70 years, 282days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Ard E. Richardson — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Mayorof Saginaw, Mich., 1914-15.Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Luther Henry Baker (1872-1944) — also known asLuther H. Baker — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,September8, 1872.Republican.Insuranceexecutive; director, Lansing NationalBank;director, CapitolSavings &Loan Co.;mayorof East Lansing, Mich., 1925-28.Congregationalist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Kiwanis.Suffered aheartattack at the Lansing City Club, and died soon afterwards inSparrowHospital,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,February3, 1944 (age71 years, 148days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Benjamin Alden Faunce (1874-1941) — also known asBenjamin A. Faunce — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Fremont,NewaygoCounty, Mich.,March 3,1874.Republican.Real estatebroker;mayorof East Lansing, Mich., 1929-31; resigned 1931; postmaster atEastLansing, Mich., 1931-35.Died, fromcoronarythrombosis andmyocarditis,in East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,September25, 1941 (age67 years, 206days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.  | Clark Louis Brody (1879-1961) — also known asClark L. Brody — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Fabius,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,February1, 1879.Republican.Farmer;county agricultural agent, 1915-21; executive with Farm Bureau;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1921-59; appointed 1921; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1956.Methodist.Member,FarmBureau;AlphaZeta;PhiKappa Phi;Kiwanis.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October12, 1961 (age82 years, 253days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | | Harry Faron Hittle (1886-1957) — also known asHarry F. Hittle — ofManisteeCounty, Mich.; East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in South Boardman,KalkaskaCounty, Mich.,July 10,1886.Republican.Lawyer;ManisteeCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-22;InghamCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-26; member ofMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1935-57; died in office 1957.DiedFebruary5, 1957 (age70 years, 210days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.  | Paul C. Younger (1910-1971) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Champaign,ChampaignCounty, Ill.,January11, 1910.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;InghamCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-54; member ofMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1957-64; defeated in primary, 1964,1970; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1968.Episcopalian.Member,Elks;OptimistClub;Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,November21, 1971 (age61 years, 314days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Image source:Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
|  | Otto E. Eckert (1890-1974) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,January13, 1890.Republican.Engineer;member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1946-61.Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers;AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers.Died in1974(ageabout84 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Clara Elizabeth Horning. | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | | Charles Woodworth Foster (1873-1947) — also known asCharles W. Foster — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March28, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1915-18; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1924;member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1927.Died in1947(ageabout74 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Lyle B. Austin (1893-1981) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 6,1893.Republican. Purchasing agent,Olds MotorWorks;real estatebroker; Lansing city assessor;chair ofIngham County Republican Party, 1934-37, 1947-50; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1935-39; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1936,1948;InghamCounty Treasurer, 1939; postmaster atLansing,Mich., 1953-61 (acting, 1953-54).Baptist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Eagles;OddFellows.Died inBrowardCounty, Fla.,January12, 1981 (age87 years, 190days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) — also known asLeroy G. Augenstein — of Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Decatur,MaconCounty, Ill.,March 6,1928.Republican.Biophysicist;universityprofessor; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.Protestant.Member,SigmaXi;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Killed when his twin-engine planecrashedduring the landing approach to BeechAirport,near Charlotte,EatonCounty, Mich.,November8, 1969 (age41 years, 247days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Roy H. Augenstein; married1950 toElizabeth Schmalfuss. | | | | Books by Leroy G. Augenstein:Come,let us play God |
| | Ralph H. Young (1889-1962) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Crown Point,LakeCounty, Ind.,December17, 1889.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;athleticcoach; Michigan State College athletic director; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1957-62; died in office 1962.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Rotary;PhiGamma Delta.Elected to Michigan SportsHall ofFame.Died in East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,January23, 1962 (age72 years, 37days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Elizabeth Lehman Belen (1886-1975) — also known asElizabeth L. Belen — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Westphalia Township,ClintonCounty, Mich.,December22, 1886.Democrat.Registerednurse; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1937-38; defeated, 1934, 1938, 1958;vice-chair ofMichigan Democratic Party, 1939; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1940,1944;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1944; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Michigan,1944(appointed to fill vacancy; voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andHarryS. Truman); candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1950.Female.Died in Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 24,1975 (age88 years, 214days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Robert Earl Dingwell (1922-1990) — also known asRobert E. Dingwell — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Delta Township,EatonCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,January13, 1922.Democrat. Educationrepresentative,AFL-CIO; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1956;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 58th District, 1965-66; defeated,1954 (Ingham County 1st District), 1956 (Ingham County 1st District),1958 (Ingham County 1st District), 1966 (58th District), 1968 (58thDistrict).Methodist.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,November2, 1990 (age68 years, 293days).Cremated;ashes interred at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Lucile Elizabeth Belen (1912-2010) — also known asLucile E. Belen — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Laingsburg,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,December28, 1912.Democrat.Florist;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1942; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1952;member, Lansing City Council, 1955-92; candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County1st District, 1961.Female.Member,Zonta;Rotary.Inducted into Michigan Women'sHall ofFame, 2001.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 2,2010 (age97 years, 156days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Bernard J. Lavey (1890-1968) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1890.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1940.Died in1968(ageabout78 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | George Charles Bubolz (1902-1996) — also known asGeorge C. Bubolz — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cicero town,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,February22, 1902.Democrat.Pastor;insuranceandrealestate business; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 59th District, 1964.Lutheran.Germanancestry.Died in East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,September12, 1996 (age94 years, 203days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Julius C. Bubolz and Emelie (Jeske) Bubolz; brother ofGordonAugust Bubolz; married,June 12,1928, to Stella Mangold; married,August28, 1971, to Margaret Jacobson. | | | | Epitaph: "But the fruit of the spiritis love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Winthrope Price Rowe (1929-2011) — also known asWin Rowe — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.BornJuly 5,1929.Democrat.Universityprofessor;chair ofIngham County Democratic Party, 1972.DiedJuly 21,2011 (age82 years, 16days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Winthrope Price Rowe and Eleanor (Restall) Rowe. |
Mt. HopeCemetery
Mount Hope Road
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Founded 1874
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Joseph B. Moore (1845-1930) — of Lapeer,LapeerCounty, Mich.Born in Commerce,OaklandCounty, Mich.,November3, 1845.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;LapeerCounty Prosecuting Attorney; mayor of Lapeer, Mich., 1874-75;member ofMichiganstate senate 20th District, 1879-80; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1880,1884;Presidential Elector for Michigan,1884;circuitjudge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1888-95; resigned 1895; candidate forMichiganstate treasurer, 1890;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1896-1925;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1904-05, 1912, 1920.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March24, 1930 (age84 years, 141days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.  | Howard Wiest (1864-1945) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Williamston,InghamCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Washington Township,MacombCounty, Mich.,February24, 1864.Republican.Lawyer;WayneCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1887-88;circuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1900-21; resigned 1921;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1921-45; appointed 1921; died inoffice 1945;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1923, 1930, 1938.Died, in St. LawrenceHospital,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,September16, 1945 (age81 years, 204days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | | Russell Cowles Ostrander (1851-1919) — also known asRussell C. Ostrander — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,September1, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;InghamCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1877-80;InghamCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1885, 1887;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1896-97; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1900;justiceof Michigan state supreme court, 1905-19; died in office 1919;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1911, 1918.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,September12, 1919 (age68 years, 11days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Aaron Vance McAlvay (1847-1915) — also known asAaron V. McAlvay — of Manistee,ManisteeCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,July 19,1847.Republican.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 19th Circuit, 1878, 1901-04; appointed 1878,1901; resigned 1904;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1905-15; died in office 1915;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1907, 1914.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 9,1915 (age67 years, 355days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Frank A. Hooker (1844-1911) — of Charlotte,EatonCounty, Mich.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January16, 1844.Republican.Lawyer;EatonCounty Prosecuting Attorney;superintendentof schools;circuitjudge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1878-92; appointed 1878;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1893-1911; died in office 1911;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1902-03.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1911 (age67 years, 175days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Patrick Henry Kelley (1867-1925) — also known asPatrick H. Kelley — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born near Dowagiac,CassCounty, Mich.,October7, 1867.Republican.School teacherand principal;superintendentof schools;lawyer; lawpartner ofSeymourH. Person; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1901-05; appointed 1901; resigned 1905;Michigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1905-06;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1907-10; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1910;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1913-23 (at-large 1913-15, 6thDistrict 1915-23); candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1922.Irishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,September11, 1925 (age57 years, 339days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | John Wesley Longyear (1820-1875) — also known asJohn W. Longyear — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Shandaken,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,October22, 1820.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1863-67;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1868(member,CredentialsCommittee);federaljudge, 1870.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March11, 1875 (age54 years, 140days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | James Munroe Turner (1850-1896) — also known asJames M. Turner — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,April23, 1850.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1877-78; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1888;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1889;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1889-90, 1895-96; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1890.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 6,1896 (age46 years, 74days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Grant Martin Hudson (1868-1955) — also known asGrant M. Hudson — of Schoolcraft,KalamazooCounty, Mich.; East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Eaton Township,LorainCounty, Ohio,July 23,1868.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2ndDistrict, 1905-08; state president, Anti-Saloon League, 1913-19;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1923-31; defeated,1930 (primary), 1932 (primary), 1932.Baptist.Member,Anti-SaloonLeague.Died in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,October26, 1955 (age87 years, 95days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Jacob W. Ferle (1864-1922) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1864.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1918-20, 1922; defeated, 1920; died in office1922.DiedNovember6, 1922 (ageabout 58years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Daniel W. Buck (1828-1908) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.BornApril21, 1828.Democrat.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1874-76, 1886-87.DiedMarch30, 1908 (age79 years, 344days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) — also known asRansom E. Olds — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Geneva,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,June 3,1864.Republican. Founder in 1897 of OldsMotorVehicle Company, maker of thefirstcommercially successful American-madeautomobile;founder in 1905 of the REOMotor CarCompany (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division ofGeneralMotors, and Reo became part oftruckmanufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of severalhotels;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1908.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,August26, 1950 (age86 years, 84days).Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married,June 5,1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed ofMartinOlds. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | OldsHall(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),Michigan StateUniversity,EastLansing, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofOldsmar,Florida, isnamed forhim. — R. E. OldsPark,on the waterfront inOldsmar,FLorida, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inGermany,October26, 1868.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;meatmerchant;real estatebusiness; president, LansingIce andFuel; vice-president, WeissingerPaperCo.;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1912-18; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1940.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Struckby a car, badly injured, and died two weeks later, in ahospitalat Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October20, 1954 (age85 years, 359days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Hugh Lyons (1847-1909) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inCanada,March17, 1847.Republican.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1904-08; defeated, 1902.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,February4, 1909 (age61 years, 324days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | James F. Hammell (1859-1916) — also known asJim Hammell — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born near Brighton,LivingstonCounty, Mich.,August13, 1859.Democrat.Schoolteacher;grocer;cigarmanufacturer;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1900-03.Died in1916(ageabout56 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | John S. Bennett (1848-1929) — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in London,England,October18, 1848.Democrat.Druggist;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1908-12; defeated, 1918; Lansing cityassessor, 1914-29.Episcopalian.Member,OddFellows;Elks.Suffered aheartattack, and died a few hours later, in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 25,1929 (age80 years, 280days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Orlando Mack Barnes (1824-1899) — also known asOrlando M. Barnes — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cato,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1824.Democrat.Lawyer;InghamCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1853; law partner ofGeorgeM. Huntington, 1857-65; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1863-64;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1877-78; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1878;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1880; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1880;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1888; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Michigan,1888.Presbyterian.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,November11, 1899 (age74 years, 355days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | John S. Tooker (1834-1915) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1834.Republican.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1872-74, 1876-77; member ofMichiganstate senate 16th District, 1879-82.Died in1915(ageabout81 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Martin V. Montgomery (1840-1898) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Eaton Rapids,EatonCounty, Mich.,October20, 1840.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1876(member,CredentialsCommittee);AssociateJustice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,1887-92; resigned 1892.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,November12, 1898 (age58 years, 23days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Orlando Fleming Barnes (1856-1937) — also known asOrlando F. Barnes — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,November7, 1856.Democrat.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1882-84; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1888; candidate forMichiganland commissioner, 1910, 1912; president, Roscommon StateBank;candidate forMichiganstate treasurer, 1922.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias.While traveling south on U.S. 27 duringicyconditions, his car skidded andcollidedwith an oncoming truck; he was brought to a nearby CivilianConservation Corps camp, where he died the same evening, inRoscommonCounty, Mich.,January13, 1937 (age80 years, 67days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Claude Ernest Cady (1878-1953) — also known asClaude E. Cady — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,May 28,1878.Democrat.Grocer; ownerof threemovietheaters; member of Lansing city council, 1910-17; member ofLansing Police and Fire Commission, 1918-28;wholesale candydealer; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1926;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1933-35; defeated,1934; postmaster atLansing,Mich., 1935-43 (acting, 1935).Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,November30, 1953 (age75 years, 186days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.  | Willard I. Bowerman Jr. (1917-1987) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,May 3,1917.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1953-60;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1961-65; defeated, 1965.Baptist.Member,Lions.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,September22, 1987 (age70 years, 142days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Arthur Orin Bement (1847-1915) — also known asArthur O. Bement — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Fostoria,SenecaCounty, Ohio,May 22,1847.Republican.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1892-93.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;GrandArmy of the Republic.Founder, with his father, of the E. Bement Sons implement and stovemanufacturingfirm.Died, ofhearttrouble, in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,January26, 1915 (age67 years, 249days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Cyrenius P. Black (1843-1916) — ofInghamCounty, Mich.Born in1843.Democrat.U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1885-90; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1899; candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1909.Died in1916(ageabout73 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Ira H. Bartholomew (1828-1899) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1828.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1863-65; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1873-74.Died in1899(ageabout71 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | John A. Kerr (1825-1868) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.BornJune 7,1825.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1860.DiedJuly 29,1868 (age43 years, 52days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.| | Epitaph:"Pioneer, publisher, second mayor of Lansing, founder of city treeplanting program." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William H. Chapman (1820-1895) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1820.Supervisorof Lansing Township, Michigan, 1851-52;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1861-62.Died in1895(ageabout75 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Edward Cahill (1843-1922) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,August3, 1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;InghamCounty Prosecuting Attorney;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1890; law partner ofRussellC. Ostrander.DiedJuly 27,1922 (age78 years, 358days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Silas S. Main (1867-1954) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1867.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1922-23.Died in1954(ageabout87 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Thomas Gunson (1858-1940) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Moffat, Dumfriesshire (now Dumfries and Galloway),Scotland,1858.Mayorof East Lansing, Mich., 1909-14.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,1940(ageabout82 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Franklin Luke Dodge (1853-1929) — also known asFrank L. Dodge — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio,October22, 1853.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1883-86; candidate forMichiganstate senate, 1890, 1900; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1908, 1914, 1920,1926; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1928.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,December24, 1929 (age76 years, 63days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Cornelius A. Gower (1845-1932) — of Fenton,GeneseeCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Abbot,PiscataquisCounty, Maine,July 3,1845.Republican.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;Michigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1878-81; appointed 1878.Died in1932(ageabout86 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Warren Babcock (1866-1913) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,September15, 1866.Democrat.Collegeprofessor;mayorof East Lansing, Mich., 1908-09.DiedJune 3,1913 (age46 years, 261days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Samuel Lount Kilbourne (1838-1925) — also known asSamuel L. Kilbourne — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inOntario,April15, 1838.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate formayorof Lansing, Mich., 1885; member of Michigan Gold Democratic PartyState Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Gold DemocraticState Central Committee, 1899.DiedJune 11,1925 (age87 years, 57days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Horatio H. Larned (1845-1936) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1845.Republican. Candidate formayorof Lansing, Mich., 1900.Died in1936(ageabout91 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | George Washington Stone (1849-1921) — also known asGeorge W. Stone — of Michigan. Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,August27, 1849.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;Michiganstate auditor general, 1891-92.Died of aheartattack while playing the drum in an Armistice Dayparade,in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,November11, 1921 (age72 years, 76days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Augustus C. Carton (1871-1946) — of Michigan. Born in Clayton Township,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,1871.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate 28th District, 1907-08;Michiganland commissioner, 1913-14.Died in1946(ageabout75 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Frank Landon Young (1871-1952) — also known asFrank L. Young — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Esperance,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1871.Republican.Hay andgraindealer;real estatebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1923-26.Baptist.EnglishandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 23,1952 (age80 years, 335days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Hananiah Darlington Pugh (1829-1913) — also known asH. D. Pugh — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December6, 1829.Democrat. Postmaster atLansing,Mich., 1886-89.Died in Corunna,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,January4, 1913 (age83 years, 29days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | James Madison Turner (1820-1869) — also known asJames Turner — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1820.Republican.Merchant;railroadbuilder; member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1867.Methodist.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October10, 1869 (age49 years, 192days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Samuel Horace Preston (1837-1916) — also known asS. Horace Preston — of Lansing Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Oneida Township,EatonCounty, Mich.,October1, 1837.Democrat.Farmer;supervisorof Lansing Township, Michigan, 1875-77, 1879-81, 1883-86.Died, from "La Grippe" (influenza)andBright'sdisease, in Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.,January8, 1916 (age78 years, 99days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Preston and Rebecca Noble (Sprague) Preston; married1863 toEveline Sills. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles F. Haight (1865-1954) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in North Newburg (now Newburg),ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,March21, 1865.Republican.Locomotivefireman;telegraphoperator;lawyer;municipal judge in Michigan, 1911-18; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1923-32, 1935-36; defeated, 1936; law partner ofLouisE. Coash, 1934-1941.Baptist.Member,OddFellows;Elks;Eagles;Knightsof Pythias;ModernWoodmen of America;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, in ahospitalat Farmington,OaklandCounty, Mich.,February13, 1954 (age88 years, 329days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Seymour A. Ayres (1875-1959) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1875.Candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1910; candidate formayorof Lansing, Mich., 1914; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1916; Farmer-Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1934; Farmer-Laborcandidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1935.Member,Freemasons.Died in1959(ageabout84 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Hazen C. Rutter (1897-1945) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1897.Candidate in primary formayorof Lansing, Mich., 1938.Died in1945(ageabout48 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Ernest H. Gorton (1884-1960) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1884.Prohibition candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1948, 1950, 1952, 1954; Prohibition candidate forMichiganstate auditor general, 1956; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1958.Died in1960(ageabout76 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | David M. Nottingham (1854-1913) — ofInghamCounty, Mich.BornJanuary5, 1854.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1903-06.DiedNovember11, 1913 (age59 years, 310days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | William Woodhouse (1822-1878) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inOtsegoCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1822.Democrat.Villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1875;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1877-78.Died in Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.,October20, 1878 (age55 years, 342days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Hulburt B. Shank (1820-1889) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1820.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1856.Died in1889(ageabout69 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Morgan B. Hungerford (1832-1904) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Novi,OaklandCounty, Mich.,February20, 1832.Farmer;member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1899.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March21, 1904 (age72 years, 30days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Frank T. Albright (1843-1908) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,September23, 1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; injured inthe battle at Cold Harbor, Va., 1864, andlost partof his right arm; postmaster atMason,Mich., 1867-83.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;RoyalArcanum.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,December10, 1908 (age65 years, 78days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Lemuel Ballantine Bissell (1853-1924) — also known asLemuel B. Bissell — of Mt. Clemens,MacombCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra,India,of American parents,December20, 1853.Pastor;Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1916.Congregationalist;laterPresbyterian.Member,Anti-SaloonLeague;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;OddFellows.Died, following astroke ofapoplexy, in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,May 14,1924 (age70 years, 146days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Hiram W. Rikerd (1861-1937) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1861.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1916;Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan,1933.Died in1937(ageabout76 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Burr Buchanan Lincoln (1881-1937) — also known asBurr B. Lincoln — of Harbor Beach,HuronCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,December16, 1881.Democrat.Farmer;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Huron County, 1926; Michiganagriculture commissioner, 1937.Collapsed and died, from acerebralembolism, on a downtown street in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,May 27,1937 (age55 years, 162days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Homer D. Parker (1872-1940) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1872.Delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from InghamCounty 1st District, 1933.Died in1940(ageabout68 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Charles Seymour Wilcox (1866-1948) — also known asCharles S. Wilcox — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in White Oak Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,December31, 1866.Republican.Buildingcontractor; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1920, 1922; postmaster atEastLansing, Mich., 1923-31.Died in Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.,January20, 1948 (age81 years, 20days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Donald E. Bates (1883-1949) — also known asDon E. Bates — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich., December,1883.Republican. Secretary for anautomobilemanufacturing company; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1932.Died in1949(ageabout65 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Florence Cowley Petty (1881-1960) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1881.Republican. Member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1947.Female.Died in1960(ageabout79 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Silas Earl Champe (1883-1966) — also known asSilas E. Champe — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1883.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1922.Died in1966(ageabout83 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | | Charles E. Brooks (1912-1982) — also known asHap Brooks — of Lansing Township,InghamCounty, Mich.BornJanuary15, 1912.Candidate forsupervisorof Lansing Township, Michigan, 1961 (Republican primary), 1976(Democratic), 1978 (Democratic).DiedApril27, 1982 (age70 years, 102days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
NorthCemetery
Miller Road
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Clarence Ross Hilliard (1894-1976) — also known asC. Ross Hilliard — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,August8, 1894.Republican.InghamCounty Clerk, 1925-72; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1957-59.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March14, 1976 (age81 years, 219days).Interment at North Cemetery. | | | Roswell Everett (1790-1871) — of Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,April25, 1790.Supervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1843-44, 1849-50.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,August13, 1871 (age81 years, 110days).Interment at North Cemetery.
St. JosephCatholic Cemetery
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Thomas Matthew Kavanagh (1909-1975) — also known asThomas M. Kavanagh — of Carson City,MontcalmCounty, Mich.Born in Carson City,MontcalmCounty, Mich.,August4, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1938;Michiganstate attorney general, 1955-57; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1956;justiceof Michigan state supreme court, 1958-75; died in office 1975;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1964-66, 1971-75.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Lions;American BarAssociation.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,April19, 1975 (age65 years, 258days).Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. | | William Aloysius Ryan (1919-2001) — also known asWilliam A. Ryan;Bill Ryan — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Morgantown,MonongaliaCounty, W.Va.,May 2,1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;Presidentandfinancialsecretary, United Auto Workers Local 104; editor ofThe WageEarnernewspaper;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1958-82 (Wayne County 3rdDistrict 1958-64, 3rd District 1965-72, 14th District 1973-82);Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1969-74; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1968.Catholic.Member,UnitedAuto Workers.Died following astroke,in the Martin Luther Holtnursinghome, Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.,October9, 2001 (age82 years, 160days).Entombed in mausoleum at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. | | Antonio Benavides (1937-2022) — also known asTony Benavides — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in San Vicente,NuevoLeón,May 5,1937.Director, Cristo Rey Community Center, from 1969;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 2003-05; defeated, 2005.Catholic.Mexicanancestry. Member,Kiwanis;UrbanLeague.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,April10, 2022 (age84 years, 340days).Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. | | Louis Farris Adado (1929-1990) — also known asLouis F. Adado;Lou Adado — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,September5, 1929.Candidate formayorof Lansing, Mich., 1985, 1989.Catholic.Lebaneseancestry.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,November27, 1990 (age61 years, 83days).Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. | | Juliette Elizabeth Abraham (1918-1982) — also known asJulie Abraham;Juliette ElizabethSear —of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Spring Valley,BureauCounty, Ill.,September14, 1918.Republican. Member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1971-78; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1972,1976.Female.GreekOrthodox.Arabicancestry.Died in East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,January25, 1982 (age63 years, 133days).Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. | | John J. DesRochers (1930-1985) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.BornJuly 10,1930.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 58th District, 1964.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,September22, 1985 (age55 years, 74days).Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. | | John E. Cataldo (1922-2003) — of Michigan. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April30, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate forMichiganstate senate 24th District, 1966, 1970.Died in East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,May 21,2003 (age81 years, 21days).Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
State CapitolGrounds
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Austin Blair (1818-1894) — also known as"The War Governor" — of Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.Born in Caroline,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1818.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Jackson County, 1846;instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan,thefirstEnglish-speaking jurisdiction to do so;JacksonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54, 1885-86; member ofMichiganstate senate 12th District, 1855-56;Governor ofMichigan, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1860;U.S.Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1867-73; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1881-89; appointed 1881.Unitarian.Died in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,August6, 1894 (age76 years, 179days).Interment atMt.Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.; statue at State CapitolGrounds.| | Relatives: Sonof Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair; married,February18, 1841, to Persis Lyman; married,May 25,1846, to Elizabeth Pratt; married,February16, 1849, to Sarah Louesa (Horton) Ford; father ofCharlesAustin Blair; third cousin ofBernardBlair. | | | | Political family:Blairfamily of Jackson, Michigan. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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WoodlawnCemetery
Leslie, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Arthur J. Tuttle (1868-1944) — of Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Leslie Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,November8, 1868.Republican.Lawyer;InghamCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1902; member ofMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1907-10;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1911-12;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1912-44;died in office 1944; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1924; president, PeoplesBank ofLeslie; director, Leslie HomeTelephoneCo.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Knightsof Khorassan;Elks;Eagles;Moose;Maccabees;Woodmen;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Sons ofthe American Revolution.DiedDecember2, 1944 (age76 years, 24days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Daniel T. Perrine (1881-1960) — of Michigan. Born in1881.Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1942; Prohibitioncandidate forMichiganstate senate 10th District, 1952; Prohibition candidate forMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1959.Died in1960(ageabout79 years).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Warren Dale Byrum (1887-1956) — also known asWarren D. Byrum — of Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.; Onondaga,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Onondaga Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,October19, 1887.Republican.Schoolteacher;insurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1919-24.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Elks.Died, from aheartattack, while driving apickuptruck, near Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 1,1956 (age68 years, 226days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
RowleyCemetery
Locke Township, Ingham County, Michigan
Maple GroveCemetery
Mason, Ingham County, Michigan
Founded 1844
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Max Angus Templeton (1879-1942) — also known asMax A. Templeton — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 20,1879.Mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1933-41; defeated, 1940.Scottishancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February16, 1942 (age62 years, 241days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Lawton Thomas Hemans (1864-1916) — also known asLawton T. Hemans — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Collamer,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,November4, 1864.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1892-93, 1899-1900, 1906-10; defeated, 1893; memberofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1901-04;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 14th District,1907-08; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1908, 1910; chairman, Michigan Railroad Commission,1911-16; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1911; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1912.Died, ofstomachcancer, in asanitariumat Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.,November17, 1916 (age52 years, 13days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Henry Perry Henderson (1842-1909) — also known asHenry P. Henderson — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Tully,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,1842.Democrat.Lawyer;bankdirector; candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1876; law partner ofGeorgeM. Huntington, 1881-88;justice ofUtah territorial supreme court, 1886-89; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Utah Territory,1892(ConventionVice-President; member,CredentialsCommittee).Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died, frompneumonia,in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,June 3,1909 (ageabout 66years).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | William Walter Root (1837-1912) — also known asWilliam W. Root — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cato,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,June 28,1837.Physician;major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1870;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1882-83, 1904-06; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1884.Methodist.Englishancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,April20, 1912 (age74 years, 297days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | George Milo Huntington (1836-1889) — also known asGeorge M. Huntington — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Ludlowville, Lansing,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1836.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofOrlandoM. Barnes, 1857-65;InghamCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1863-64;villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1867-68; member ofMichiganstate senate 17th District, 1875-76;circuitjudge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1876-81; law partner ofHenryP. Henderson, 1881-88; candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1882.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,April 2,1889 (age53 years, 13days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJosephLyman Huntington and Minerva (Barto) Huntington; brother ofCollinsDwight Huntington; married,May 9,1866, to Julia A. (Barnes) Ritter; great-grandnephew ofSamuelHuntington; sixth great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin twice removed ofSamuelH. Huntington; first cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington andBenjaminHuntington; second cousin once removed ofNathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington andElishaMills Huntington; second cousin thrice removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,OliverWolcott Jr.,HenryHuntington,FrederickWolcott,GurdonHuntington andZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofMatthewGriswold andSamuelGager; third cousin once removed ofCharlesPhelps Huntington andWilliamBarret Ridgely; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,AbelHuntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,ThomasWorcester Hyde andHelenHuntington Hull; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelAdams,BenjaminLincoln,JamesHillhouse,RogerGriswold,SamuelR. Gager,ElijahAbel andSamuelAustin Gager; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamWoodbridge,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,HenryTitus Backus,RogerWolcott,CharlesEdward Hyde,JosiahQuincy,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Fitch Hemans (1896-1971) — also known asCharles F. Hemans;"Baron of theBathroom";"Knight of theDoublecross" —of Eaton Rapids,EatonCounty, Mich.; Howell,LivingstonCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,April12, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1924;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1926, 1928; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1934-41; defeated, 1931, 1941;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1934; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1935; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1936.Implicatedin the Michigan legislativebriberyscandalin 1944; grantedimmunityfrom prosecution and testified that he hadbribedmany legislators in his hotel bathroom; later, another bribery caseagainst legislators fell apart when he refused to testify andfled toWashington;arrestedby FBI agents andarraignedon a federalfugitivewitness charge;triedandconvicted,andsentencedto four years inprison;pleadedguilty tobriberyin 1950 andsentencedto five yearsprobationand a $1,000fine.DiedJanuary29, 1971 (age74 years, 292days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Harry Huntington Whiteley (1882-1957) — also known asHarry H. Whiteley — of Rogers City,PresqueIsle County, Mich.; Dowagiac,CassCounty, Mich.Born in Gaylord,OtsegoCounty, Mich.,May 7,1882.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1915-16; member ofMichiganstate senate 7th District, 1923-24; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1924.Englishancestry.Died in Maryland,April25, 1957 (age74 years, 353days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Harper Julius Reed (1848-1912) — also known asHarper Reed — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio,November11, 1848.Republican.Mayor ofMason, Mich., 1884-86, 1893-96, 1900-01; defeated, 1889, 1901.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 15,1912 (age63 years, 217days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Arlington A. Bergman (1870-1952) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inJayCounty, Ind.,October3, 1870.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1910, 1911;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1912-16.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,April 8,1952 (age81 years, 188days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George W. Bergman and Eleanor (Drake) Bergman; married to Lulu A.Dobie. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Arthur William Jewett (1896-1993) — also known asArthur W. Jewett — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.BornDecember22, 1896.Democrat.Undertaker;florist;mayorof Mason, Mich., 1933-47; defeated (People's), 1947; candidateforMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1936, 1938; candidate forMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1943.DiedNovember24, 1993 (age96 years, 337days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Arthur William Jewett (1869-1931) and Lulu JaneJewett. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Ingham County News(Mason, Mich.), September 17, 1936. |
| | | Charles W. VanSlyke (1840-1917) — of Stockbridge,InghamCounty, Mich.; Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.; Loveland,LarimerCounty, Colo.Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,December28, 1840.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;photographybusiness;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1896-99; defeated, 1895.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Loveland,LarimerCounty, Colo.,January18, 1917 (age76 years, 21days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.  | John E. Kennedy (1873-1931) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,December20, 1873.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1927-31; died in office 1931.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Lake Orion,OaklandCounty, Mich.,April30, 1931 (age57 years, 131days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof James H. Kennedy and Mary R. (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; married toJennie McPierson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Ingham County News(Mason, Mich.), November 7, 1929 |
| | | Harry J. Bond (1874-1943) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.BornSeptember9, 1874.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;banker;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1923-26.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,September6, 1943 (age68 years, 362days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | John N. Thorburn (1860-1927) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,November18, 1860.Creameryoperator;livestockshipper;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1910-12.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich., May,1927(age66years, 0 days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Ira Jennings Kellogg (1848-1935) — also known asIra J. Kellogg — of Stockbridge,InghamCounty, Mich.; Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Wheatfield Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,December25, 1848.Democrat.Merchant;InghamCounty Register of Deeds, 1897-98;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1916-18; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1918.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died, frompneumonia,in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,December9, 1935 (age86 years, 349days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | John H. Sayers (1834-1924) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Toronto,Ontario,January18, 1834.Republican.Tinsmith;hardwaremerchant; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1879-81.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,March21, 1924 (age90 years, 63days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | David P. Whitmore (1850-1935) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in New York,June 18,1850.Mayorof Mason, Mich., 1918-20.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 4,1935 (age84 years, 351days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Joseph Lyman Huntington (1800-1874) — also known asJoseph L. Huntington — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Hinesburg,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,November16, 1800.Democrat.Villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1869-70.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,March19, 1874 (age73 years, 123days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Sarah (Hickox) Huntington and Jonathan Huntington; married1823 toMinerva Barto; father ofCollinsDwight Huntington andGeorgeMilo Huntington; grandnephew ofSamuelHuntington; fifth great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington; first cousin thrice removed ofJabezHuntington andBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofNathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington andElishaMills Huntington; second cousin twice removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,OliverWolcott Jr.,HenryHuntington,FrederickWolcott,GurdonHuntington,ZinaHyde Jr. andWilliamBarret Ridgely; second cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold,SamuelGager andHelenHuntington Hull; third cousin ofCharlesPhelps Huntington; third cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,AbelHuntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington andThomasWorcester Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelAdams,BenjaminLincoln,JamesHillhouse,RogerGriswold,SamuelR. Gager,ElijahAbel,SamuelAustin Gager andJosiahQuincy; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasChittenden,EnochWoodbridge,LutherWaterman andJosephSilliman; fourth cousin ofWilliamWoodbridge,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,HenryTitus Backus,RogerWolcott,CharlesEdward Hyde,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; fourth cousin once removed ofDavidWaterman,JosephAllen,ChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,AugustusSeymour Porter,SamuelNicholls Smallwood,PeterBuell Porter,ThomasHale Sill,PhineasLyman Tracy,BelaEdgerton,AlbertHaller Tracy,FrederickWilliam Lord,JohnHall Brockway,TheodoreSill,RobertCoit Jr.,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop,WilliamClark Huntington andAustinEugene Lathrop. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Amos E. Steele (1806-1878) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Queensbury,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,June 28,1806.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1840;villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1868-69.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,March15, 1878 (age71 years, 260days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married,May 1,1834, to Roxana Cranson; father of Amos E. Steele (1834-1853;Colonel in Union Army; killed at battle of Gettysburg) and Henry V.Steele. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Minos McRobert (1804-1884) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Springfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.,February14, 1804.Democrat.Physician;druggist;InghamCounty Register of Deeds, 1838-40;banker;villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1865-66, 1871-72; candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1880.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,October5, 1884 (age80 years, 234days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William McRobert and Lydia (Safford) McRobert; married1833 to LydiaLadue; married1841 to NancyAbbott. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel J. Prescott Smead (1817-1888) — also known asS. J. P. Smead — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in New York,1817.Democrat.Villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1873-74; candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1878, 1887.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,April24, 1888 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Peter Lowe (1812-1891) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Neversink,SullivanCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1812.Hardwaremerchant;druggist;villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1866-67.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April 7,1891 (age78 years, 318days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Thaddeus Densmore (1827-1895) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Strongsville,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,March30, 1827.Republican.Merchant;banker;candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1881, 1891.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,April20, 1895 (age68 years, 21days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Densmore and Dorcas (Ball) Densmore; married to Charlotte M.Dixon and Lovisa M. Dixon. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel P. Stroud (1824-1902) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Morristown,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,August7, 1824.Furnitureandundertakingbusiness; People's candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1895.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,February9, 1902 (age77 years, 186days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Taylor Stroud and Anna (Persell) Stroud; married to RhodaRodway. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Asahel W. Parkhurst (1816-1903) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mendon,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1816.Schoolteacher and principal;banker;Greenback candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1880.Methodist.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,October9, 1903 (age87 years, 59days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Perry Henderson (1815-1904) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Tully,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1815.Democrat.Mayor ofMason, Mich., 1886-87.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,February8, 1904 (age88 years, 122days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Collins Dwight Huntington (1830-1907) — also known asC. D. Huntington — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in St. Albans,FranklinCounty, Vt.,February27, 1830.Democrat.Shoebusiness; candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1879;sawmillowner.Member,Freemasons.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,April29, 1907 (age77 years, 61days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJosephLyman Huntington and Minerva (Barto) Huntington; brother ofGeorgeMilo Huntington; married,March26, 1854, to Margaret Hannah Lewis; great-grandnephew ofSamuelHuntington; sixth great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin twice removed ofSamuelH. Huntington; first cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington andBenjaminHuntington; second cousin once removed ofNathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington andElishaMills Huntington; second cousin thrice removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,OliverWolcott Jr.,HenryHuntington,FrederickWolcott,GurdonHuntington andZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofMatthewGriswold andSamuelGager; third cousin once removed ofCharlesPhelps Huntington andWilliamBarret Ridgely; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,AbelHuntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,ThomasWorcester Hyde andHelenHuntington Hull; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelAdams,BenjaminLincoln,JamesHillhouse,RogerGriswold,SamuelR. Gager,ElijahAbel andSamuelAustin Gager; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamWoodbridge,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,HenryTitus Backus,RogerWolcott,CharlesEdward Hyde,JosiahQuincy,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles J. Rayner (1856-1911) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,September14, 1856.Republican.Businessman;bankdirector; candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1892.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Died, fromperniciousanemia, in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,January22, 1911 (age54 years, 130days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.  | Rosalvo F. Griffin (1819-1911) — also known asR. F. Griffin — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inWashingtonCounty, N.Y.,August17, 1819.Villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1874-75;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1875-76; defeated (People's), 1892.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,February18, 1911 (age91 years, 185days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Oliver Griffin and Lovisa (Carpenter) Griffin; married,June 22,1849, to Cynthia Ann Polar. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Ingham County Democrat(Mason, Mich.), February 22, 1911 |
| | Summit R. King (1846-1922) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Rives Junction,JacksonCounty, Mich.,August29, 1846.Farmer;contractor;candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1905 (Prohibition), 1918 (People's).Died, fromlivercancer, in Fowlerville,LivingstonCounty, Mich.,February14, 1922 (age75 years, 169days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Reuben Hurd King and Rebecca Emily (Smith) King; married1868 to Ida E.Coffey; married1874 to MattieS. DuBois. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward E. Langley (1850-1925) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January22, 1850.Prohibition candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1891, 1892, 1893.Methodist.Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,May 5,1925 (age75 years, 103days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Spencer Hezekiah Beecher (1840-1926) — also known asSpencer H. Beecher — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Knowlesville,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1840.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;hardwarebusiness; candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1885.Presbyterian.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.,January2, 1926 (age85 years, 97days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Thomas McKinzie Saraw (1835-1927) — also known asT. M. Saraw — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1835.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;grocer;Industrial candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1891.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January26, 1927 (age91 years, 349days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | John G. Snook (1845-1929) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Waterloo,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,June 3,1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;harnessmaker;carriagetrimmer; candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1889 (Prohibition), 1890 (Prohibition), 1894(Prohibition), 1896 (Prohibition), 1907 (Law and Order).Methodist.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,December17, 1929 (age84 years, 197days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Garry E. Sanders (1865-1946) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Indiana,1865.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1909-10; defeated, 1910.Died in1946(ageabout81 years).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Frank Gates Ellett (1860-1949) — also known asF. G. Ellett — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in New Jersey,March 6,1860.People's candidate formayor ofMason, Mich., 1913.Died in Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.,April23, 1949 (age89 years, 48days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | William J. Barber (1883-1972) — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inJacksonCounty, Mich.,July 6,1883.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from InghamCounty 2nd District, 1933; postmaster atMason,Mich., 1941-53; Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan,1964(voted forLyndonB. Johnson andHubertH. Humphrey).Died in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,January11, 1972 (age88 years, 189days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Sue Ann Parsons (1933-2008) — also known asSue Ann Bergeon — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March21, 1933.Mayorof Mason, Mich., 1970.Female.Died inInghamCounty, Mich.,May 18,2008 (age75 years, 58days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives:Daughter of Mary Martha (French) Bergeon and John Clayton Bergeon;married to William E. Parsons. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
East Lawn MemoryGardens
Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Palmer (1907-1991) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Sycamore,DeKalbCounty, Ill.,January6, 1907.Democrat.Librarian;member ofMichiganstate senate 13th District, 1933-37; resigned 1937; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 59th District, 1972.Died in1991(ageabout84 years).Interment at East Lawn Memory Gardens. | | Ellen Louhi (1931-2001) — also known asEllen Louhi Burton — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.BornDecember21, 1931.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1964.Female.DiedDecember24, 2001 (age70 years, 3days).Interment at East Lawn Memory Gardens.
GlendaleCemetery
Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Spalding Green (1871-1946) — also known asJohn S. Green — of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Perry,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,August26, 1871.Democrat.Livestockbuyer;supervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1935-42; defeated, 1942, 1943,1945.Died in Okemos,InghamCounty, Mich.,May 16,1946 (age74 years, 263days).Interment at Glendale Cemetery. | | John George Kaiser (1870-1959) — also known asJohn G. Kaiser — of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,1870.Democrat.Supervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1931-35.Germanancestry.Died in Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,October9, 1959 (ageabout 89years).Interment at Glendale Cemetery. | | George F. Brundige (1849-1915) — of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in1849.Republican.Supervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1906-07.Died in1915(ageabout66 years).Interment at Glendale Cemetery. | | George Herbert Bearup (1879-1944) — also known asGeorge H. Bearup — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Martin Township,AlleganCounty, Mich.,December31, 1879.Republican.Telephonecompany agent;chiefdeputy sheriff; candidate forsupervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1931, 1932.Died in May,1944(age64years, 0 days).Interment at Glendale Cemetery.  | Orin Kaiser Grettenberger (1908-1990) — also known asOrin K. Grettenberger — of Okemos,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,April19, 1908.Democrat.Pharmacist;postmaster atOkemos,Mich., 1939-49 (acting, 1939); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1952;treasurerof Michigan Democratic Party, 1957.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,January31, 1990 (age81 years, 287days).Interment at Glendale Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Orin Grettenberger and Wilhelmina 'Minnie' (Kaiser)Grettenberger; married toLauraAnn Grettenberger. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Ingham County News(Mason, Mich.), July 16, 1936 |
| | Laura Ann Grettenberger (1908-1991) — also known asLaura A. Grettenberger — of Okemos,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Okemos,InghamCounty, Mich.,September20, 1908.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1948;acting postmaster atOkemos,Mich., 1949-53.Female.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March30, 1991 (age82 years, 191days).Interment at Glendale Cemetery. | | Esther Buchanan Waite (1913-1995) — also known asEsther B. Waite;EsterBuchanan —of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.; East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Colony,AndersonCounty, Kan.,December17, 1913.Democrat. Candidate forsupervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1953; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1960;member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1961.Female.Died in East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,April 9,1995 (age81 years, 113days).Interment at Glendale Cemetery.| | Relatives:Daughter of Cassius Marcelus Clay Buchanan and Marguerite May(Saffer) Buchanan; married to John A. Waite. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
RiversideCemetery
Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Mason D. Chatterton (1835-1903) — of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.; Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mt. Holly,RutlandCounty, Vt.,August3, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;InghamCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1864-69;villagepresident of Mason, Michigan, 1872-73;InghamCounty Probate Judge, 1873-80; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1884;president, Farmers'Bank,1886-1903.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died, ofpneumonia,in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October27, 1903 (age68 years, 85days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Asa M. Proctor (1848-1908) — of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,September7, 1848.Republican. Candidate forsupervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1891.DiedSeptember7, 1908 (age60 years, 0days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Alonzo G. Proctor and Sarah (Guggins) Proctor; married1872 to HannahBurcham. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
OaklawnCemetery
Stockbridge, Ingham County, Michigan
HawleyCemetery
Vevay Township, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Vernon Jacobs Brown (1874-1964) — also known asVernon J. Brown — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Vevay Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,March20, 1874.Republican.Grocer;InghamCounty Clerk, 1919-22;mayor ofMason, Mich., 1921-23;newspaperpublisher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1929-38;Michiganstate auditor general, 1939-44;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1945-46; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1946.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.Died in1964(ageabout90 years).Interment at Hawley Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John M. Brown and Nancy J. (Jacobs) Brown; married to Maud R.DeCamp; father ofJimN. Brown. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1939 |
Alchin FarmCemetery
Van Orden Road
Webberville, Ingham County, Michigan
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Ashmon H. Catlin (1869-1955) — of Webberville,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Hudson,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,April19, 1869.Democrat.Banker;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1911-14; defeated, 1914, 1940.IrishandFrenchancestry. Member,OddFellows;Gleaners.Died in1955(ageabout86 years).Interment at Alchin Farm Cemetery.
SummitCemetery
Williamston, Ingham County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Zolton Anton Ferency (1922-1993) — also known asZolton A. Ferency — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 30,1922.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1957-58; director,Michigan Workers Compensation Bureau, 1958-60; executive secretary toGov.JohnB. Swainson, 1961-62;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1964,1968(alternate); candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1966 (Democratic), 1970 (Democratic primary), 1974(Human Rights), 1978 (Democratic primary), 1982 (Democratic primary);Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan,1968(elected on behalf ofHubertH. Humphrey andEdmundS. Muskie; did not serve); candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1972 (Human Rights), 1976 (HumanRights), 1986 (Independent);InghamCounty Commissioner, 1981-82; candidate in Democratic primary forMichiganstate senate 24th District, 1990.Catholic.Hungarianancestry. Member,NAACP;CatholicWar Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, following aheartattack, at SparrowHospital,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March23, 1993 (age70 years, 266days).Interment at Summit Cemetery. | | James T. Kallman (1927-2001) — ofInghamCounty, Mich.BornOctober27, 1927.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served inthe U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; candidate in primary forJudge,Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1974;circuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1977-81; defeated, 1966;candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1986.DiedNovember21, 2001 (age74 years, 25days).Interment at Summit Cemetery. | | Mildred Ethel Kallman (1925-2016) — also known asMildred E. Kallman;Mickey Kallman;Mildred Ethel Banker —of Michigan. Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1925.Republican. Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forMichigan,1996.Female.Baptist.Died in Michigan,October17, 2016 (age91 years, 280days).Interment at Summit Cemetery.
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